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NIKON ANNUAL REPORT 2007 13
MAKOTO KIMURA
DIRECTOR, MEMBER OF THE BOARD
& SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PRESIDENT OF IMAGING COMPANY
seeing the fruits of efforts to foster a more
open corporate culture in terms of greater
interdivisional communication and
cooperation. Elsewhere, purchasing reform
programs and corporate-wide manufacturing
projects are benefiting from many
contributions by factory staff, which have
played a major part in efforts to reduce costs
and rationalize designs. Nikon plans to
continue with these initiatives with the aim of
building an organizational structure capable
of realizing innovative ideas.
Toward the next generation of cameras
Along with the effects of greater Internet use
and the spread of large-screen flat-panel
televisions, the shift from film to digital is
leading to substantial changes in the way that
people share images and photography. Besides
just capturing images, the next generation of
cameras will also need to offer ways of sharing
and enjoying these with others. Rather than
asking what the technology can do, Nikon will
challenge this from the perspective of what
sort of technologies will be needed to realize
new lifestyle options. New product
development programs have been progressing
along such lines. Nikon aims to originate new
lifestyle possibilities via creative, concept-based
development processes, involving technical
collaboration in various fields where
appropriate. In this way, Nikon hopes to avoid
the trap of clinging too tightly to existing
paradigms or technologies developed in-house.
07
06
05
449,790
416,607
355,489
07
06
05
45,678
34,369
16,841
OPERATING INCOME MILLIONS OF YEN
NET SALES* MILLIONS OF YEN
Years ended March 31 Years ended March 31
*The above figures include intersegment sales.